Emulationstation White Screen of Death

smudger483

hi all,

my pi stats are as follows:

Pi Model: 3 Model B
RetroPie Version Used: 3.7
Built From: SD Image
USB Devices connected: Keyboard dongle
Controller used: PS3 (Blue-toothed)
Error messages received: White Screen of Death
Guide used: https://github.com/retropie/retropie-setup/wiki/themes
File: N/A
Emulator: N/A
Attachment of config files: N/A

So my problem is i decided to change my theme in ES and got the white screen of death, ive logged into the pi via ssh and tried the solution wiki gives = /home/pi/.emulationstation/es_settings.cfg but i get permission denied, ive also tried to log in as root and same applies.

Any help would be cool i dont want to start from scratch again.

Floob

This may help:
https://github.com/retropie/retropie-setup/wiki/themes#white-screen-of-death

If you want to edit that file try "sudo nano" in front of the filename.

smudger483

Thats the solution ive tried, i just want to know why it says access denied

smudger483

Thanks the "sudo nano" did the trick

Hypo

Can someone make a guide on this? im struggling to fix my pi ;;(

pimpmaul69

@Hypo said in Emulationstation White Screen of Death:

Can someone make a guide on this? im struggling to fix my pi ;;(

You can ftp into the pi with a program like winscp, go to the file location posted above and open the file, change the name of theme to carbon and save then reboot.

Hypo

@pimpmaul69 when i use winscp, and connect to the pi i cant see the .emulationstation folder?

Hypo

@pimpmaul69 Scratch that last comment, i found the file, apperently it already is carbon :"(

Hypo

@pimpmaul69 ?

Hypo

please help me

Zigurana

(Why such a rush? do you have better things to do?)

Did you add a lot of new ROMs (with metadata/images) ? If so, try and remove some to see if that allows you to get back into the system.
If that solves the issue, you are sure that it really is some sort of memory-limit that is bothering you.

If not, then there might be something else going on, although I highly doubt it.

Hypo

tried that, still white..

Floob

Please start a new thread and include all the info smudger483 did above
https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

It would be worth mentioning you have completed all these checks:
https://github.com/retropie/retropie-setup/wiki/themes#white-screen-of-death